After being knocked out of the playoffs by SK Gaming , Natus Vincere have defeated ESC Gaming swe on de_train and de_tuscan to take bronze place at the championship.

Natus Vincere 19:16 fnatic on de_train
Natus Vincere 16:6 fnatic on de_tuscan

The battle for third place began on de_train and saw Na'Vi march into an early lead, securing 10 out of 15 rounds on the terrorist half. The start of the second half also went in the Ukraines favour with Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov using the open space of the map to his advantage and pulling off some 'sick' shots. On the 13th round however, after trading many rounds within the middle section of the second half, Karl William 'kalle' Haraldsen managed to win a one-on-four situation by securing the bomb plant and taking out almost all of the Ukrainian team to win that round. As a result, the Scandinavians were able to hang in for the remanding two rounds with their slight economic advantage to bring the score to 15:15. In the end however, Na'Vi took the map after winning four rounds in the overtime while ESC only managed to secure one.

The second map, de_tuscan, saw Na'Vi quickly get out of hand on the terrorist side after being wound up by Tommy 'tacky' Mosgaard ninja defusing a bomb in one-on-three situation to win the round. Furthermore, when the teams swapped sides, the Ukrainian team showed the Scandinavians who are boss, taking six out of seven rounds on the second half to win the game (final map score - 16:6) as well as to take the bronze medal.

In contrast, SK Gaming are now taking on mTw in the grand finals of the championship. For more information on the tournament check out our event section by clicking here.